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On Friday night, I saw the movie, “Toy Story 4.”Not the ending I expected, but I will not give anything away. What struck me from the very beginning was the relationship between Forky and Woody. You see, Forky was made in school from items found disregarded in the trash – a spork, some pipe cleaners, […]

Working at a college, the end of year always brings different ceremonies and speeches. Speakers are telling young people to follow their passions and dream big. There are two people who I have heard quoted many times. First is Linda Ellis and her 1996 poem: “So when your eulogy is being read With your life’s […]

The Gospel reading on the Thursday of the Easter Octave has me thinking about Thomas. Admittedly I used to read about Thomas doubting the news of Jesus’ Resurrection and think…how could he doubt? After all he heard? After all he had been taught and told? Jesus knew, however, this issue was not solely an issue […]

Admittedly Lent is going very different than I planned. My resolutions are going OK, not great, but I keep trying. What has changed is how I spend time. Instead of thinking about spring and the coming grass and flowers, I have spent much time contemplating life and death. There are reasons. I am a hospice […]

Everyone seeks a place of refuge; a place they go to try to find peace. Other times we are looking for acceptance, or time to clear our heads when we are filled with hurt, or doubts, or we want to get away from “everything.” For some people it is a deer stand, others a wood-working […]

I struggle to find space. I am private and avoid situations where there are pictures and promotion. I crave anonymity and, because of how society seems to be now, invisibility. I have seen a few minutes of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” and I am horrified because I see us moving in that direction; craving […]

This summer I took up a new hobby.  I hesitate to call it a “hobby” because that is defined as “an activity done regularly in one’s leisure time for pleasure.”  It is not pleasurable…at all. I decided to train and run a 5K. It was always something I wanted to do, but never had the […]

  Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along […]

OK, so I know it did to be controversial and sell its magazine, but when GQ last week put the Bible on its list of “books not worth reading,” I think it still made a mistake. (You can read the article here: https://www.gq.com/story/21-books-you-dont-have-to-read). In an attempt to be “cutting edge” with the current trend toward […]

It has been a hard year for faith in the Church.  Lawsuits, arrests, bankruptcy, confrontations. The words to one of my favorite Easter songs hit me hard today. Looking forward to Easter Sunday, I found myself humming it. I stopped, googled the lyrics, and did Lectio Divina. I know you are supposed to use Scripture, […]